More than eating dirt: a review of avian geophagy

Band-tailed pigeon use of supplemental mineral

(2017) Todd A. Sanders et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

Nutrients Drive Termite Nest Geophagy in Yellow-chevroned Parakeets (Brotogeris chiriri)

(2015) Raul Costa-Pereira et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Exceptional avian herbivores: multiple transitions toward herbivory in the bird order Anseriformes and its correlation with body mass

(2015) Aaron M. Olsen   Ecology and Evolution

Diet and Geophagy Across a Western Amazonian Parrot Assemblage

(2014) Alan T. K. Lee et al.   BIOTROPICA

Use of mineral licks by mammals and birds in hunted and non-hunted areas of Yasuní National Park, Ecuador

(2012) J. G. Blake et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Keystone resource (Ficus) chemistry explains lick visitation by frugivorous bats

(2012) Adriana Bravo et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Lust for Salt in the Western Amazon

(2011) Robert Dudley et al.   BIOTROPICA

Why On Earth?: Evaluating Hypotheses About The Physiological Functions Of Human Geophagy

(2011) Sera L. Young et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Parrot Behavior at a Peruvian Clay Lick

(2011) Donald J. Brightsmith et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Parrots Take it with a Grain of Salt: Available Sodium Content May DriveCollpa(Clay Lick) Selection in Southeastern Peru

(2009) Luke L. Powell et al.   BIOTROPICA

Parrot claylick distribution in South America: do patterns of “where” help answer the question “why”?

(2009) Alan T. K. Lee et al.   ECOGRAPHY

The Roles of Soil Characteristics and Toxin Adsorption in Avian Geophagy

(2008) Donald J. Brightsmith et al.   BIOTROPICA

IS THE INGESTION OF SMALL STONES BY DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS A SELF-MEDICATION BEHAVIOR?

(2008) STACEY A. ROBINSON et al.   CONDOR

Geophagy in New Guinea birds

(2008) Jared Diamond et al.   IBIS

The diet and foraging behaviour of the Dunnock Prunella modularis in a hedgerow habitat

(2008) GLENN BISHTON   IBIS

LEMMING BONES AS A SOURCE OF CALCIUM FOR ARCTIC SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS SPP.)

(2008) S. F. MacLean   IBIS

Aspects of diet choice and digestion in the Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus

(2008) Colleen T Downs   OSTRICH

Grit Ingestion and Size-related Consumption of Tubers by Graylag Geese

(2008) Juan A. Amat et al.   WATERBIRDS

Use of Clay Licks by Maroon-Fronted Parrots (Rhynchopsitta terrisi) in Northern Mexico

(2008) Rene A. Valdés-Peña et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology